WHO
WE ARE
Taskovski Films Ltd. is a London based world sales and production company of independent documentary. We welcome innovative, playful and risky forms of filmmaking capable of engaging and surprising audiences around the globe. Our passion is discovering new talent and authorial stories.
Taskovski Films brings together an international network of 7 highly experienced multi-disciplinary film professionals. As filmmaker ourselves, we have an intimate understanding of the challenges that filmmakers face, as well as the demands of the market. With our business and market knowledge, we are here to act as a supportive force for your creative work while guiding you to maximize both revenue and impact, as a reward for the long and hard work behind every film.
We all share a passion for film, a keen eye for great stories, and a belief in their power to connect people around the globe and inspire change.
Founded in 2003 Taskovski Films Ltd network with head offices in London (UK) & Banja Luka (BiH) is a documentary company that integrates production, sales, training Taskovski #docsconnect, Taskovski PR & Publicity agency, and film & art residencies and retreats. We believe the film has a transformative power to change the world for the better. Yearly we carefully choose a small number of films to work with. Our passion is discovering and supporting new and well-established talent to tell stories that can spark social change by surprising and engaging audiences across the globe. We welcome innovative, playful, and risky forms of filmmaking and authorial stories in fields of arts and culture, history, society, politics, and environment, while still maintaining high criteria when it comes to production value, content and form.
SALES CATALOGUE: We represent Fauna by Pau Faus which has won the Best Director award at the FICG Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara 2023! Aitsa by Dane Dodds won the Grand Prize in the International Competition at the Pärnu Filmifestival 2023, In Ukraine by Piotr Pawlus & Tomasz Wolski, received a Special Mention Award at the Visions du Réel Film Festival, The Golden Thread by Nishtha Jain which world-premiered at IDFA 2022, winner of CEI – Central European Initiative Award at Trieste Film Festival 2023 Love is not an Orange by Otilia Babara, The Visitors by Veronika Lišková which world-premiered at Locarno International Film Festival 2022, Another Spring by Mladen Kovačević which world-premiered at Karlovy Vary 2022, The Eclipse by Nataša Urban – winner of Best Documentary Award at CPH:DOX 2022 & Special Mention at DokuFest Prizren 2022, Love, Deutschmarks & Death by Cem Kaya – winner of Panorama Audience Award at Berlinale 2022 & IndieMusic Award at Indie Lisboa 2022, All of Our Heartbeats Are Connected Through Exploding Stars by Jennifer Rainsford which world premiered at Visions du Réel 2022 and won Audience award at Pesaro Film Festival 2022, IDFA 2020 winner Radiograph of a Family by Firuzeh Khosrovani, Oscar nominees Petra Costa ( Olmo and the Seagull ) European Academy winners (Helena Trestikova, Audrius Stonies), as well as multi-awarded filmmakers such “The Seasons in Quincy, four portraits of John Berger” collective of directors including Oscar, awarded Tilda Swinton), Javier Bardem in “Sanctuary” by Alvaro Longoria, Barbara Paz double Venice winner 2019 ( Babenco tell me when I die ), a multi-Peabody, two-time Emmy and Academy Award-winning Geeta Gandbhir, Cannes Winner Radu Jude and many others outstanding directors and films.
HOW WE WORK – For each of our films we develop unique strategies, constantly adapting to the market changes and looking for new opportunities, analysing modern trends and implementing innovative distribution concepts. We support and advise filmmakers on how to cross-cultural borders to reach new markets. We help boost the impact of issue-driven documentaries through partnerships with cultural, educational, and/or philanthropic institutions, as well as grassroots organizations and NGOs.
SOME OF OUR CLIENTS – We drive worldwide viewership and recognition for our films by partnering with prestigious distribution companies such as Icarus Films, Kino Lorber, Grasshopper Films, Cineplex Taiwan, EBS South Korea and NHK Japan. Our films reach broad audiences through our partnerships with well-established channels including Netflix, Amazon, ARTE, HBO, BBC, France TV, SBS and Curzon Artificial Eye.
SOME OF OUR FILMMAKERS – Firuzeh Khosrovani, Petra Costa, Helena Trestikova, Audrius Stonies, Tilda Swinton, Alvaro Longoria, Barbara Paz, Radu Jude, Roman Bondarchuk, Ivan Osnovikoff, Bettina Perut, Nishtha Jain.